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On an airplane trip, learners have an opportunity to investigate the properties of air pressure at different altitudes.

Learners complete a series of hands-on and investigative activities to explore cumulus clouds.

In this activity, learners explore the possibilities of clay as a natural material.

In this activity about camouflage, learners create a model that shows how a flounder is able to blend into a variety of environments.

In this artistic activity, learners blow up a smaller picture into a larger one, by using a grid.

In this activity, learners use maps to locate the Arctic region and use a word game to discover the types of resource people need to survive in the extreme climate.

In this activity about magnetism (page 11 of the pdf), learners will experiment with magnets to explore how opposite poles attract and similar poles repel in magnetism.

In this craft activity, learners will recognize, name, and compare the fractions 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 by constructing a penguin out of portions of paper circles.

In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing a simple piano out of wood and craft sticks.

In this activity, learners combine two substances (plaster of Paris and water) to make a cast of an object's imprint in clay.

In this experiment, learners design and build a model room in a shoebox and furnish it with tiny furniture.

This activity has three story puzzles learners can solve to learn about life in the Arctic.

In this activity, learners will create beautiful greeting cards by marbling with shaving cream and food dye. They will explore the chemistry behind the art of marbling.

In this activity, learners build small animated toys that move.

In this outdoor activity and observation game, learners hunt for a variety of textures, colors, odors and evidence of organisms in the activity site.

In this activity, learners set up a night time insect observation station with a light and sheet.

In this activity, learners build a hot air balloon using just a few sheets of tissue paper and a hair dryer.

In this project, students explore how levers work, by making a puppet with moving limbs.

In this activity, learners listen to a story about a made-up endangered species--a flying frog! Learners print out six story pages and then draw the pictures and write the captions.

In this activity, learners take core samples of candy bars with a straw and carefully observe & excavate their sample, modeled after what the NASA Perseverance rover will do on Mars.